Food & agriculture – Nov 8

By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org

•Bee business picking up in Berlin  •Yard times: Denver’s super-local veggie box  •Double dose of pesticide poses new danger for bumblebees  •Did California Voters Defeat the Food Movement Along With Prop. 37? 

Ontario’s Local Food Act: More maybe than act

By Wayne Roberts, Wayne Roberts blog

To get a handle on the Promoting Local Food Act tabled in the Ontario legislature on October 4, it helps to know the difference between government support and government policy. If you choose door 1 and get support, you’re in luck. If you choose door 2 and get policy, that’s the booby prize.